GTCR/Surmodics: As FTC Staff Urges Suit, Company Representatives Prepare to Defend Deal in Commissioner Meetings

Ribera: New Merger Guidelines Aren’t ‘Blank Check’ for Deals – ‘On the Contrary’

The EU’s upcoming merger guidelines will not be a blank check for dealmakers, and the European Commission won’t approve deals based on companies’ “wishful thinking,” the top EU official...

Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery: Top European Cinema Trade Group to Push for In-Depth EC Probe, Sources Say

Europe’s cinema industry is set to escalate its opposition to Paramount’s (PSKY) proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), with one of the sector’s largest trade...

DOJ Antitrust Chief Assefi and Dhillon, Department’s Civil Rights Head, Consider Leaving for Private Practice; Dhillon’s Departure Hinges on Whether She Gets No. 3 Post

More personnel changes may be in store at DOJ following Attorney General Pam Bondi’s firing. Omeed Assefi, the department’s acting antitrust head, is considering leaving for private practice,...